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From: zimmer@calvin.stanford.edu (Andrew Zimmerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: HP-95
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Date: 24 Apr 91 07:26:57 GMT
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I saw an article for the HP-95 on the news tonight.  The news made a big deal
about it, saying it was starting a whole new market.  Although the machine
looked nice, I was wondering why it is considered to be starting a market.
The Poquet and Portfolio have been out for quite a while (a year or so).  It
would seem that they started the market, rather then HP.  It might have to 
do with the fact that lotus is built-in.

    In the article in the paper, it compared the new HP to an IBM PC.  I would
rather they had compared the Poquet, the Portfolio,and the HP-95.  From
what I have heard, the Poquet is the only one with a full 80x25 screen.  
(Personally, I don't like where the on/off key is on the Poquet)  I think,
(please correct me) that both the portfolio and HP-95 only have 40x16 screens.

So, how about someone in the know comparing all of the "palm-top" machines.

Andrew
zimmer@calvin.stanford.edu